Move between places¶

Working directory¶

The working directory or working tree is the directory that containes the files we are working with.

Inside the working directory we can find tracked an untracked files.

Tracked files are files that git knows about, they were in the last snapshot. They can be:

No changed made from the last snapshot

With pending changes from the last snapshot

Added to the staging area

the git status command show the different status of a file.

Untracked files are files in the working directory not included in the last snapshot and they are not in the staging area.

We can move files from one state to another

From	to	Command
untracked or modified file	staging area	git add
staging area	next snapshot	git commit
modified file	unmodified file	git restore (--worktree)
staging area	untracked or modified file	git restore --staged or git reset HEAD
last snapshot	untracked	git rm --cached

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